Online Content: Not Available / Subject: Quakers / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1750">1750</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1799">1799</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

James Bringhurst papers, 1780-1802 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the personal and business correspondence, as well as miscellaneous notes and manuscripts, of James Bringhurst, a wealthy Philadelphia merchant.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Manumissions, 1771-1780 (inclusive)

Extent:: .01 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of original and typed transcripts of manumissions of enslaved people from Burlington, New Jersey and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Includes transcriptions of other manumissions not in this folder (in possession of E. Page Allinson 1939). Loose

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Maps, 1770-1946, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (1 box, 1 oversize box)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the maps from the Quaker collection.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Isaac Proctor papers, 1790-1830 (inclusive)

Extent:: .25 linear ft. (5 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the papers of Isaac Proctor. The majority of the collection is composed of the personal correspondence of Proctor from the end of the 18th century, but also includes a single, small diary, and a single folder of his financial records.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Hoskins family letterbook, 1729-1864 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.16 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the single volume letterbook of the Hoskins family. The primary correspondents in the volume are members of the Hoskins family, though quite a number of the letters are directed to Benjamin H. Warder. Most of the letters were written in the 18th century, but some are from the 19th century. A number of them are religious in nature, while others deal with service in the ministry or visiting Friends, and some deal with states of health and mortality. The letters cover a broad range of topics, including, but not limited to Quakers and trade in Barbados, outbreaks of small pox, the opening of Native American schools, and the Orthodox-Hicksite separation. Some prominent letter writers include: Martha Allinson, George Dillwyn, Thomas Evans, Rebecca Jones, James Mott, Elizabeth Robson, Charity Rotch, John Warder, Nicholas Waln, and Daniel Wheeler.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Quakers Exiled in Virginia collection, 1777-1778 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection is comprised of the two folders of materials related to a group of Quakers exiled in Virigina during the American Revolutionary War, from 1777 to 1778. The collection includes originals, photocopies, and transcripts of the materials. The materials are largely composed of correspondence, but also include decisions made by Congress, financial records of the exiles, and a single photograph of the Isaac Brown house, where Quaker exiles were held in Virginia in 1777. Includes a letter from John Hancock, 1777. The collection also includes a partial index of the materials.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Richard Reave Wood papers, 1687-1965 (inclusive)

Extent:: .05 linear ft. (2 folders)
Abstract:: This collection contains the papers of Richard Reave Wood.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

"A Account of the Yearly, Quarterly, Monthly & Particular Meetings of the people called Quakers", 1765

Extent:: .1 linear ft. (1 folder)
Abstract:: This manuscript book of meetings, compiled in about 1765 by an anonymous author, lists the Quaker Meetings in the Yearly Meetings of New England, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and North Carolina. According to a note on the back of the first page of the photostatic copy, the original manuscript was located at the Moses Brown School in Providence, Rhode Island, as of 1932, and that it had previously belonged to a woman named Mary Olney.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

"An Addition to the book, entitled, The Spirit of the Martyrs Revived. It being a short account of some Remarkable Persecution in New England", 1758

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (1 volume)
Abstract:: The manuscript of Joseph Bolles, entitled "An Addition to the book, entitled, The Spirit of the Martyrs revived. It being a short account of some Remarkable Persecution in New England," was originally written in 1758. This volume is a handwritten copy, copied by Charles E. Pratt at an unknown date. The volume details the history of British Quaker martyrs in New England.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

Margaret White commonplace books, 1780-1833 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.08 linear ft. (2 volumes)
Abstract:: Margaret White's commonplace books include poetry, prayers, and newspaper clippings.

Held at: Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections [Contact Us]

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